A wrong opinion? No I wouldn't say that. Just because you know the facts doesn't mean you have to run out and buy 20 bottles of Pepsi cola, say 20 hail Pepsies and beg for forgiveness. Not everyone honestly does prefer Pepsi to Coke when you take away the labels, I've always offered that caveat. Maybe you are one of the dissenting opinion. What's amazing though is that you won't even entertain for a moment the idea what you could be brainwashed, in fact you seem outright offended at the suggestion and even defend the idea that you aren't tooth and nail. If you were, how would you know? It's like I insulted your religion or something. I think you underestimate the power of suggestion. Or perhaps you underestimate the power of your own mind and it's ability to deceive you.
It's not really about boosting Pepsi, I actually prefer RC cola and gingerale. It's more about disliking the fact that people are so easily manipulated. Logic, or perhaps foolish optimism stands that when you show people the light of reason they will throw off their old shackles and be enriched by knowledge. The reality however is that 200 years after Darwin we're still teaching creationism in schools. Some people are uncomfortable when they see the prestige, I guess they prefer the comfort of familiarity the old bonds had and their reaction is less than thanks. There's an old Sryian proverb that says "If you're going to tell the truth, have one foot in the stirrup".
There's no hand up my ass, but if you can pull your head out of yours for a moment you might want to survey the landscape. You haven't responded to anything I've said rationally. You only continue to chime that "I don't believe it har har har." Just entertain the suggestion a minute and do some reading eh? That said, taste isn't something rational, so you don't have to convert on my account. Just get your facts straight.
You're right.
Actually, it wasn't my intent to derail the thread, I simply caught Alex J saying that Pepsi has been trying to get Coke's formula, greatone1939 said that said that was great logic and I knew for a fact that that was an outright falsehood. The inverse is actually true and Pepsi has no reason to even want coke's formula as theirs has already been scientifically proven to taste better. If they did get said formula and switched they'ed suddenly have the same lousy soda without the image and not have a leg to stand on. In light of that proof, the reason why they like coke had to be explained or at least offered, and Lindstrom has that explanation complete with the manual override documented via brainscans for incontrovertible evidence... that some people controvert.
